Good deal or bad deal?

[Scrag Meister]

Just had the insurance company on the phone offering me a cash settlement against my stolen Dell M1330.

Basically they found an alternative,
NEW : Dell XPS 14z, i5, 8Gb Ram, 750Gb Hdd, 1Gb NVidia, 14" screen, slightly higher res.
OLD : Dell M1330, T7500, 2Gb Ram, 120Gb HDD, 128Mb Nvidia, 13" screen.

Initial offer was £679, I said no, they then upped the spec of there target PC.

So after 5 years my laptop has dropped from £1340 to £850, drop of approx 37.5%.

Pretty good I would say. Will go shopping when the cash arrives.

Everything else has been pretty favourable too, absolutely dire communications from the loss adjusters though.

16Gb Iphone 3G - £510 cash settlement as only alternative was 16Gb Iphone 4.
Xbox 360, PS3, cameras all replaced or bettered.

Now for the 2nd heat, the jewellery and miscellaneous.

[BA to the Stars]

Some good news out of the c**p that is being burgled.

[Durbs]

So after 5 years my laptop has dropped from £1340 to £850, drop of approx 37.5%.

Thats jammy! After 5 years, it should have dropped from £1340 to taking up space in the loft.